Beaudesert

Beaudesert, a rural town, is 53 km south of central Brisbane. It was named after 'Beau Desert', a grazing place occupied under a depasturing licence in 1842. Situated in the Logan Valley, the depasturing place was held on behalf of a Bathurst grazier, Wiliam Henry Suttor. The name was derived from the Cistercian Monastery, Beau Desir, in Staffordshire, England. W.D. White acquired the site in 1851 and built a homestead on the present site of the Beaudesert township.